PQ 7
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement applies to first-time applicants resident in the State, renewal applicants resident in the State and applicants resident in Northern Ireland or overseas (both renewal and first-time applicants. [31839/26]
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7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement applies to first-time applicants resident in the State, renewal applicants resident in the State and applicants resident in Northern Ireland or overseas (both renewal and first-time applicants. [31839/26]
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